The shape of things to come for quantum materials?
For the first time, researchers isolated and characterized atomically thin 2-D crystals of pentagons bonded together in palladium diselenide (PdSe2). The research confirmed predictions...
‘Obesity paradox’ debunked
Put down that second helping of chocolate cake.
A new study debunks the "obesity paradox," a counterintuitive finding that showed people who have been diagnosed...
Physicists build bizarre molecules called ‘Rydberg polarons’
Using lasers, U.S. and Austrian physicists have coaxed ultracold strontium atoms into complex structures unlike any previously seen in nature.
"I am amazed that we've...
Personalizing wearable devices
When it comes to soft, assistive devices -- like the exosuit being designed by the Harvard Biodesign Lab -- the wearer and the robot...
RNA-based therapy cures lung cancer in mouse models
By turning down the activity of a specific RNA molecule researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden, have cured lung tumors in mice by 40-50 percent....
Unlocking the secrets of the universe
Long ago, about 400,000 years after the beginning of the universe (the Big Bang), the universe was dark. There were no stars or galaxies,...
Super-resolution microscopy in both space and time
Super-resolution microscopy is a technique that can "see" beyond the diffraction of light, providing unprecedented views of cells and their interior structures and organelles....
